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he's also a vietnam veteran who saw many people suffer from substance abuse in the wake of that war and conflict and has a tremendous amount of experience. he as a doctorate. a master's degree in working with children and works in his own consulting business as well. doctor tomas wenz. >> angela chan as worked with san francisco and community based organization in the area of violence reduction and hate crimes. she understands that often violence is simply a manifestation of conditions that we are preprogrammed to assume. we are seeing that now. this whole issue the race being played out in the presidental elections. quite frankly untruths told about one another. if we understood the common history and the proud places from which we come, much of the violence and conflict could be avoided. she has done a number of presentations around the city and state. angela chan. officer lowis borilla. she took a particular interest in working with youth and with schools. she was a sro , school resource officer. during that time, she worked with middle schools throughout the district and in many are
he's also a vietnam veteran who saw many people suffer from substance abuse in the wake of that war and conflict and has a tremendous amount of experience. he as a doctorate. a master's degree in working with children and works in his own consulting business as well. doctor tomas wenz. >> angela chan as worked with san francisco and community based organization in the area of violence reduction and hate crimes. she understands that often violence is simply a manifestation of conditions...
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as a vietnam vet who has hurt his back -- i have a ruptured disk, and sometimes it is hard to ride a bus in the distance. to have to travel from the outside of the city to the answers -- to the inner city to get medication is a little outrageous. i would like you to consider this when you make a decision. god bless. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is jay som. i worked at access of love. >> could you speak into the microphone? >> i really believe that this is a case of selective enforcement by law enforcement. i believe a lot of the fears and concerns of the sunset community are unfounded. being a medical marijuana patient myself, i took it upon myself to interview other medical marijuana patients that are residents of the sunset neighborhoods. they all kind of believe that the reason why there is so much crime and so much illicit activity and what have you in the sense that is because there is no effective delivery service that serves patients that are residents in the sunset. thank you so much. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, commission. my name is lama
as a vietnam vet who has hurt his back -- i have a ruptured disk, and sometimes it is hard to ride a bus in the distance. to have to travel from the outside of the city to the answers -- to the inner city to get medication is a little outrageous. i would like you to consider this when you make a decision. god bless. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is jay som. i worked at access of love. >> could you speak into the microphone? >> i really believe that this...
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. >> that makes me think, what was the socioeconomic background of women joining nurses in vietnam. >> it was pretty widespread. economic factor was a big motivator. there was a split in the vietnam war of korean nurses who were in for quite some time and the young nurses that were recruited straight out of nursing school most of those signed up for what is called the army nurse program which is essentially the rotc for nurses and most nurses signed up for those educational benefits. there are a whole range of motivations. men signed the because they knew if they were drafted, they might make the agreement is opposed to good nurses so that draft is essentially men's motivation. women were quite different. >> to watch this program in its entirety go to booktv.org. type the title or the author's name at the top left of the screen and click search. next, stephanie coontz from evergreen state college reports on the generation of american women who were introduced to feminist politics in the 1960s. stephanie coontz sites the publication and readership of betty friedan's "the feminine mysti
. >> that makes me think, what was the socioeconomic background of women joining nurses in vietnam. >> it was pretty widespread. economic factor was a big motivator. there was a split in the vietnam war of korean nurses who were in for quite some time and the young nurses that were recruited straight out of nursing school most of those signed up for what is called the army nurse program which is essentially the rotc for nurses and most nurses signed up for those educational...
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we had vietnam and china. back then, there were some people who seriously took on those issues and try to grapple with them and deal with them seriously. we do not have that now. >> what about general petraeus? i mean, he has spent an enormous amount of time, or general childers over there in afghanistan. what kind of marks do you give him? >> i think he is pursuing a fool's errand in afghanistan. i think the surge he is being credited with in iraq was not a reason why we have a less disaster is ending in iraq than we could had a disastrous -- unless disaster is -- less disasterous ending in iraq than we could have had. al qaeda is not an operative entity in iraq. the sunni revolt that was a large part of the reaction to our occupation in iraq was suppressed, not because of the surge, but because the citysu -- sunnis got sick, and they needed to affect change. their decision to change their behavior in reaction to the occupation proceeded the surge. it was not caused by the surge. general petraeus has a lot of
we had vietnam and china. back then, there were some people who seriously took on those issues and try to grapple with them and deal with them seriously. we do not have that now. >> what about general petraeus? i mean, he has spent an enormous amount of time, or general childers over there in afghanistan. what kind of marks do you give him? >> i think he is pursuing a fool's errand in afghanistan. i think the surge he is being credited with in iraq was not a reason why we have a...
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it has helped many children in vietnam. >> it makes me very happy. >> as the program grew it started to receive more donations. now they face a new challenge. recruiting volunteers to remodel wheelchairs. >> i hope to expand our activi y activities with the next generation. >> the group is asking companies for support. now here is the weather. >> hi there, welcome to your world weather update. in oceania we have two tropical cyclones, one is to the southeast of new caledonia here. powerful system, indeed, category 4 system. very powerful indeed. the good news is it will continue to move in a southeasterly direction. southeasterly direction and staying well away from north island of new zealand. it's gradually weakening as well in the next several days. but it's still a powerful system, which means that it could be bringing some high waves in the vicinity. so these islands for fiji, also as it gets closer to new zealand as well. but no major threat with this storm system. in terms of christchurch, we can expect a couple of showers to occur tuesday on wednesday. on thursday, brightenin
it has helped many children in vietnam. >> it makes me very happy. >> as the program grew it started to receive more donations. now they face a new challenge. recruiting volunteers to remodel wheelchairs. >> i hope to expand our activi y activities with the next generation. >> the group is asking companies for support. now here is the weather. >> hi there, welcome to your world weather update. in oceania we have two tropical cyclones, one is to the southeast of new...
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salazar cubría una mano necesario tags en contra de la guerra de vietnam, cuando entró para descansar, a una cantina en el este de los angeles momentos después. presuntamente bajo las sospechas que en el local entró un hombre armado. un alguacil disparó # cartuchos potentes de gases lacrimógenos. uno le dio en la cabeza a salazar y lo mató instantáneamente. >>> >>> la situación de usar esta clase de.... fue un error grave. >>>carlos: este fue el lugar preciso donde murió el periodista hoy es una tienda de ropa. ahora una de las hijas de salazar dice, que este nuevo informe. en vez de o frecer respuestas fórmula más prufgts. olga torres que lleva más de 2 décadas también desconfía. >>> >>> porque también no le conviene a los políticos a los policías. entrar en detalles. >>>carlos: alegan que salazar fue asesinado para silenciar sus reportajes que denunciaban mala conducta policial y prejuicios contra méxico americanos gloria molina que participó en aquella manifestación. ha luchado por años, para que se publicaran los archivos del caso. >>> no tenemos a nadie como
salazar cubría una mano necesario tags en contra de la guerra de vietnam, cuando entró para descansar, a una cantina en el este de los angeles momentos después. presuntamente bajo las sospechas que en el local entró un hombre armado. un alguacil disparó # cartuchos potentes de gases lacrimógenos. uno le dio en la cabeza a salazar y lo mató instantáneamente. >>> >>> la situación de usar esta clase de.... fue un error grave. >>>carlos: este fue el lugar preciso...
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with the history of the city being for freedom of speech -- there were lots of protests to stop the vietnam war because of freedom of speech. it is a really sad day that what this city stands for, for people to be more eclectic and speak their mind, is being taken away. as a first nation person, my people have been allowed to speak. we do not have those kind of platforms. very seldom are first nation people honored or listened to. all our treaties have been broken. kusf allows my friends to speak up on their station. this is tolerance, which this city should be proud to have. please save kusf radio. remember the commons, the air, the water, and the earth. everyone should know what commons are. these are shared things for the common good of all. the air is not alone. the water is not owned. the earth is not owned. we will start demanding more and more. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, members of the board. my name is alan jones. on december 15, 2010, i sent an e-mail to everyone on the board of supervisors expressing my views. on january 4, i reiterated that i beli
with the history of the city being for freedom of speech -- there were lots of protests to stop the vietnam war because of freedom of speech. it is a really sad day that what this city stands for, for people to be more eclectic and speak their mind, is being taken away. as a first nation person, my people have been allowed to speak. we do not have those kind of platforms. very seldom are first nation people honored or listened to. all our treaties have been broken. kusf allows my friends to...
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we know what happened with vietnam. mark rudd who was in sds in columbia. i mean a lot of the people, they weren't just student radicals, they were communist. they were followers of fidel, or mark rudd in his book "underground" said that michael clonsky was a stalinist. it's amazing how many people won that are in academia. they are now out calling themselves progressives for obama. and so what do they really believe. are they now just lifting the progressive label? have they changed their views? it's hard to say. i quote in the book, fascinating assessment from mark rudd of the 2008 election where rudd says, you know, obama, he did it. he did it. he didn't blow it. he said just the right things and took the right policy positions to be able to attract just enough moderates and independents and crossover voters. he didn't blow it. he did it. i agree with the strategy. any other strategy in this political environment invites short defeat. obama did it. and it's fascinating that for rudd and some of these folks, obama's the first democratic party presidential
we know what happened with vietnam. mark rudd who was in sds in columbia. i mean a lot of the people, they weren't just student radicals, they were communist. they were followers of fidel, or mark rudd in his book "underground" said that michael clonsky was a stalinist. it's amazing how many people won that are in academia. they are now out calling themselves progressives for obama. and so what do they really believe. are they now just lifting the progressive label? have they changed...
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i think that's another thing that made him very popular during the vietnam years and after. this photo which was given to us by the "new york times" was taken during the first gulf war, and there is vonnegut there out at columbia university. you know, i'm sure it was a large crowd because even through his dying die, vonnegut attracted a large crowd. i have been told he was like a rock star coming into his different speeches in large auditoriums always filling the auditorium. here we are in the art gallery portion of our library. i want to take you over here and show you a vonnegut quote signed and given to us by his artistic collaborator. had says, "i don't know what it is about hoosiers, but wherever you go, there is always a hoosiers doing something very important there." it's a funny exchange the main character has with a fellow traveler on a plane, and that fellow traveler gives this quote. next we have possibly his most famous piece of artwork, the -- he associated the asterisk with an anatomical future. we used this asterisk in other pieces of our exhibits including ou
i think that's another thing that made him very popular during the vietnam years and after. this photo which was given to us by the "new york times" was taken during the first gulf war, and there is vonnegut there out at columbia university. you know, i'm sure it was a large crowd because even through his dying die, vonnegut attracted a large crowd. i have been told he was like a rock star coming into his different speeches in large auditoriums always filling the auditorium. here we...
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-vietnam conflict. many of those men had been imprisoned for more than six years. >>> two bay area business owners are so passionate about bicycles, they are helping thousands in africa take the ride of their lives. sharon chen with this week's jefferson award winner. >> reporter: ken martin and matt adams give 15 to 20 bicycles donated today, piled high in their san rafael warehouse. >> i had no idea they would go to africa every year. >> reporter: ken and matt own a bay area chain, but since 2007, their passion for bikes has steered them overseas at least once a year. they have traveled, bringing used bikes to people who need an affordable way to get around. ken says it's a rewarding ride. >> when you see kids on bikes, you know, kind of for the first time, you can see they kind of thought they maybe would never have a bike and all of a sudden they are riding off through the sand. >> here you go. >> reporter: ken and matt started the mike's bikes foundation in 2007. they hope to put the brakes on a co
-vietnam conflict. many of those men had been imprisoned for more than six years. >>> two bay area business owners are so passionate about bicycles, they are helping thousands in africa take the ride of their lives. sharon chen with this week's jefferson award winner. >> reporter: ken martin and matt adams give 15 to 20 bicycles donated today, piled high in their san rafael warehouse. >> i had no idea they would go to africa every year. >> reporter: ken and matt own a...
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haynesworth, and north vietnam. the national review concluded, surprisingly, where the new standards of "the times" were bd ly emanated, the nation would be far better informed and more honorly served. this was clearly a tribute to the journalism practiced by abe rosenthal. he was executive editor, and journalism based on professional detachment as much as possible, impish -- impartiality. it was important to keep the right hand, because the newsroom would naturally drift to the left. he believe there should be no editor needles in which reporters used their personal or political opinions to go after anybody. he believes there should be no quotes that were either unattributed or made somebody look bad that weren't fair. rosenthal was raid -- was paid -- patriotic, and weary of conflicts amongst the reporter. when he found out a woman he hired had an affair with the politician in philadelphia, maybe the mayor, he fired her and said, i'll pay deference to the fact this is a catholic institution. i don't care if my rep
haynesworth, and north vietnam. the national review concluded, surprisingly, where the new standards of "the times" were bd ly emanated, the nation would be far better informed and more honorly served. this was clearly a tribute to the journalism practiced by abe rosenthal. he was executive editor, and journalism based on professional detachment as much as possible, impish -- impartiality. it was important to keep the right hand, because the newsroom would naturally drift to the left....
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i think that is another thing that made him very popular during the vietnam years and after and this photograph which was given to us by "the new york times" was taken during the first gulf war and there is vonnegut out there at 28 university. i'm sure it was a large crowd because vonnegut would attract a large crowd. it was -- i had been told he was like a rock star coming to his different speeches and large auditoriums always filling the auditorium. so here we are in the art gallery portion of the museum. i'd like to show you a vonnegut quote that is signed and given by pietro. i don't know what it is about hoosiers, but wherever you go there is always a hoosier doing something very important there. this quote was in the book the cat's cradle and it is a very funny exchange that the main character had with a fellow traveler on a plane and the fellow traveler. next we have possibly his most famous piece of artwork. vonnegut in his humor associated the times with the anatomical feature, and we actually have used this asterisk and other pieces of the exhibit including our timeline, wh
i think that is another thing that made him very popular during the vietnam years and after and this photograph which was given to us by "the new york times" was taken during the first gulf war and there is vonnegut out there at 28 university. i'm sure it was a large crowd because vonnegut would attract a large crowd. it was -- i had been told he was like a rock star coming to his different speeches and large auditoriums always filling the auditorium. so here we are in the art gallery...
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i have friendlieds who are first generation from vietnam. palestine, israel. mexico, as i watch them struggling with their cultural identities and trying to maintain the identities and have the respect as the american citizens they are in this country, it got me to thinking about my family heritage and thinking about how history really does repeat itself. because i know that my people want through these same issues in the famine times when they came. and i thought to myself, why are not more of these stories being told? we need to collect these stories. i am at an age where my parents and their cousins, their siblings, they are getting close end of their life. one of the main ways i collect my information is through oral history i knew time was on the essense. there were stories that would be lost if i didn't collect these stories immediately. and that's what i embarked upon doing. >> i grew up in brooklyn, new york. my experience was landing by birth into an urban town land. my family, my mother is first generation i'm second generation. my grand mother lived
i have friendlieds who are first generation from vietnam. palestine, israel. mexico, as i watch them struggling with their cultural identities and trying to maintain the identities and have the respect as the american citizens they are in this country, it got me to thinking about my family heritage and thinking about how history really does repeat itself. because i know that my people want through these same issues in the famine times when they came. and i thought to myself, why are not more of...
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during the vietnam war he assisted u.s. special forces. men in military uniforms and woman in traditional -- women in traditional dresses walked behind his casket. he died last month at the age of 81. >>> turning to the turmoil in egypt. thousands of people are call g ing -- calling for the president to back down. today's demonstration was fair well friday, but no indication that the president is preparing to step down despite pressure from the united states. >> the key question he should bg himself is how do i leave a legacy behind in which egypt is able to get through this period, and my hope is that he will end up making the right decision. >> the obama administration repn officials with the newly appointed vice-president as interim president. >>> one executive from google has mistously disappeared from egypt -- mysteriously disappeared from egypt. >> students and american-egyptif ongoing campaigns to rally support. protesters believe marketing director has been incarcerated for taking part in a protest in cairo on january 25th. >> it's
during the vietnam war he assisted u.s. special forces. men in military uniforms and woman in traditional -- women in traditional dresses walked behind his casket. he died last month at the age of 81. >>> turning to the turmoil in egypt. thousands of people are call g ing -- calling for the president to back down. today's demonstration was fair well friday, but no indication that the president is preparing to step down despite pressure from the united states. >> the key question...
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i was an organizer for vietnam's veterans against john mccain and john kerry. i'm here today because of the p.o.w. issue. as you very much involved in that. and what i would like to ask you is there is a prison in a hanoi underground, 1992 the senate committee, our government has the gift and before, with nixon in '73 when they said they all came home, just there's no other underground facility were 300 americans were held after the war was over. i would like to know if you would be willing to go with myself to go over to hanoi and insist that john mccain -- >> is billy here? >> yes. >> how are you, billy? >> [inaudible] >> yeah, i would be willing to go, but i don't think it's grin to happen because i don't think they are going to let it happen. they would probably shut it down and the would tell us that, you know -- >> there's the peace in the book about the many americans he believes were left behind in about a failure of the mainstream that covered the story. >> i would be willing to go simply because we would be able to talk with officials.s7s7s7s7 >> than
i was an organizer for vietnam's veterans against john mccain and john kerry. i'm here today because of the p.o.w. issue. as you very much involved in that. and what i would like to ask you is there is a prison in a hanoi underground, 1992 the senate committee, our government has the gift and before, with nixon in '73 when they said they all came home, just there's no other underground facility were 300 americans were held after the war was over. i would like to know if you would be willing to...
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he served in vietnam. he earned a bronze star. yes performed over 22,000 surgery's, which is at numbers i have a hard time getting -- she has performed -- he has performed over 22,000 which is a number i have a hard time getting my head around. i would like to introduce you to mr. costs grow. >> i want to thank you for including me. this is an opportunity for a great discussion. art institution is unique in how it is a forms and organized. we are in not-for-profit organization. we are the second-largest group practice in the united states. we have a physician leadership. we are all salaried. there are no financial incentives. we have an annual professional review which we take very seriously. lester, we spent 8000 man hours. there is no tenure. we have one-share -- one-year contracts. i hope for numbers 35. [laughter] we have had to the beginning growth. physicians have become interested in being part of the group practice. a number of employees has reached 40,000. we are scattered across the large area. the organization of our gr
he served in vietnam. he earned a bronze star. yes performed over 22,000 surgery's, which is at numbers i have a hard time getting -- she has performed -- he has performed over 22,000 which is a number i have a hard time getting my head around. i would like to introduce you to mr. costs grow. >> i want to thank you for including me. this is an opportunity for a great discussion. art institution is unique in how it is a forms and organized. we are in not-for-profit organization. we are the...
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it was robert mcnamara, the architect of vietnam. any military commander who is honest with you will say he's made mistakes which have cost lives. >> well, you're dealing with lives. there's no question, if a mistake is made by you or anyone else, it can contribute to the loss of life. that's the nature of it. it is a very difficult thing to ask people to go into battle. >> reporter: is it hard to live with? >> i have so much respect for the men and women in uniform that they're all haves, they all asked to serve. each one said send me. i think the world is a better place with saddam hussein gone and with the taliban gon
it was robert mcnamara, the architect of vietnam. any military commander who is honest with you will say he's made mistakes which have cost lives. >> well, you're dealing with lives. there's no question, if a mistake is made by you or anyone else, it can contribute to the loss of life. that's the nature of it. it is a very difficult thing to ask people to go into battle. >> reporter: is it hard to live with? >> i have so much respect for the men and women in uniform that...
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really involved with the the vietnam war there was demonstrations going on and some of them were very violent. there was a lot of tear gas a lot of broken windows what was the dimia the key demand was to get out of the knowledge. but it tiny splinter group of students saw themselves as already at war with the nixon administration. and the nearest target was close at hand the campus army math research center. a research lab funded by the pentagon and housed in the department of physics. at three forty two am on the twenty fourth of august one nine hundred seventy an explosion destroyed the army math center. hundreds of f.b.i. agents from all over the united states were sent to wisconsin this was extreme interest to the white house was the physical explosion absolutely it went all the way to the director's desk and there was daily contact with the the oval office as to what was happening out here and why it happened and we had to come up with samantha's real fast those what was what was going on so anyone killed yes a young physicist by the name of robert costa not was killed in initial
really involved with the the vietnam war there was demonstrations going on and some of them were very violent. there was a lot of tear gas a lot of broken windows what was the dimia the key demand was to get out of the knowledge. but it tiny splinter group of students saw themselves as already at war with the nixon administration. and the nearest target was close at hand the campus army math research center. a research lab funded by the pentagon and housed in the department of physics. at three...
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he was the first person in the united states who did time as a conscientious objector to the vietnam war. he served two years in the federal penitentiary in terminal island, california in long beach. in the 1960's, he was a tense right activists. in the 1970's, he discovered journalism. he may find work looking at many local and world events. he was the first person to break into -- to report on the shining path in peru. he offered critical stories about the shining path. he also in 1967 haven't for the board of supervisors, and he had been removed from the ballot in that year because he had been a war resister and had done time. he was not allowed to run. john ross was also drawn to a lot of action around the world, as i mentioned. in 1985, he reported on the mexico city earthquake and the drama and trauma that had cost to the tens of thousands of people in mexico. he made mexico his home away from home, away from san francisco, where much of the demonstrations that have been around mexico city happen. he reported on the elections of carlos salinas and indeed they calderon, but most
he was the first person in the united states who did time as a conscientious objector to the vietnam war. he served two years in the federal penitentiary in terminal island, california in long beach. in the 1960's, he was a tense right activists. in the 1970's, he discovered journalism. he may find work looking at many local and world events. he was the first person to break into -- to report on the shining path in peru. he offered critical stories about the shining path. he also in 1967...
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. >> good morning, vietnam! >> reporter: threw four oscar nominations -- >> we read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. >> reporter: and one win. >> robin williams in "good will hunting." >> this might be the one time i'm speechless. >> reporter: but in recent years, the long dormant demons returned. something he chronicled in his recent sold out comedy tour. >> alcohol is especially dangerous for people like myself, alcoholics. or you can say oath thethanol challenged. >> reporter: you're in a good place now? because five years ago -- >> oh, baby, please. five years ago, what happened was, i relapsed. i was drinking. and, just, not a full-out train wreck, but let's just say, one wheel in the sand. the fear drives all of that. >> reporter: fear of what? >> this business, fear of everything. you know? the idea of, you know, being there and then not. >> reporter: the relapse cost him his marriage. but after rehab, heart surgery and closing in on 60, he says he's closer than ever with his kid
. >> good morning, vietnam! >> reporter: threw four oscar nominations -- >> we read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. >> reporter: and one win. >> robin williams in "good will hunting." >> this might be the one time i'm speechless. >> reporter: but in recent years, the long dormant demons returned. something he chronicled in his recent sold out comedy tour. >> alcohol is especially dangerous for people like...
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great detail to your grandparents or elders or fore father's about world war ii or the depression or vietnam or civil rights movement, or perhaps if your parents or grandparents came from another country and settled here what it's like. only five to ten percent of the ands come up. if i asked that same question in afghanistan or pakistan or africa 90% of ands come up and i think the as great tragedy we've lost that oral tradition and a rich tradition about folklore and heritage and faith and heritage. to honor that today i'd like to share with you a little story. it's a hard cover book that came out in march of 2006. anybody have a hard cover. wave it up here. you might not want it after i say this. i got to pick the title. three cups of tea but viking told me they would pick the subtitle and they picked one man mission to fight terrorism one school at a time. i objected because obviously there's- ways to fight tear riz m with education but i said i do this to promote peace and i started 8 years before 911 and this is about promoting peace through education. i've worked afghanistan and pakis
great detail to your grandparents or elders or fore father's about world war ii or the depression or vietnam or civil rights movement, or perhaps if your parents or grandparents came from another country and settled here what it's like. only five to ten percent of the ands come up. if i asked that same question in afghanistan or pakistan or africa 90% of ands come up and i think the as great tragedy we've lost that oral tradition and a rich tradition about folklore and heritage and faith and...
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he was a vietnam war veteran and a highly respected member of the san francisco tennis club. everybody loved to be on his team because of his incredible sense of fairness. he is survived by his devoted wife, juanita. clerk calvillo: thank you, supervisor kim. supervisor cohen? supervisor cohen: i look forward to having a more substantive conversation about this when it appears on our agenda, but today, i want to introduce this regarding the budget proposal as it relates to the redevelopment authority. now, it is no secret that the state of california has a budget shortfall of over $25 billion, it and it is in his proposal dated, i think it was january 10, that he proposes among other things to repeal the authority of the local jurisdictions, such as the city and county of san francisco, " and to eliminate the redevelopment agency. -- city and county of san francisco, and to eliminate the redevelopment agency. neighborhoods like the ones in the southeast part of san francisco. it is because of this that i rise to ask for many of my colleagues' support. it is because of these t
he was a vietnam war veteran and a highly respected member of the san francisco tennis club. everybody loved to be on his team because of his incredible sense of fairness. he is survived by his devoted wife, juanita. clerk calvillo: thank you, supervisor kim. supervisor cohen? supervisor cohen: i look forward to having a more substantive conversation about this when it appears on our agenda, but today, i want to introduce this regarding the budget proposal as it relates to the redevelopment...
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have large numbers of filipino catholics, large numbers of latino catholics, other asian countries, vietnam we have mass in san francisco, every sunday in 18 languagethat is not true for many of them maybe in the interior of the u.s., on the coast perhaps, but we differ even from los angeles, los angeles might have 70% of the catholics would be latino, 400 miles north in san francisco, it is 25%. so that it is really -- it really reflects looking west ward as well as east ward. >> and the archdiocese itself, counter to popular opinion, it includes more than the city and county of san francisco. >> yes, it is marin to the north, san mateo to the south, we go from men low park to nova doe. and it true to say -- i know it is true to say a majority of the catholics are outside of the city of san francisco. >> the urban areas, are matched by rural areas, you have areas like rio honda, so there is a real range when you talk about diversity, there is diversity in the kinds of communities people live in. >> the last thing people would expect visiting san francisco is looking at little frame wooden
have large numbers of filipino catholics, large numbers of latino catholics, other asian countries, vietnam we have mass in san francisco, every sunday in 18 languagethat is not true for many of them maybe in the interior of the u.s., on the coast perhaps, but we differ even from los angeles, los angeles might have 70% of the catholics would be latino, 400 miles north in san francisco, it is 25%. so that it is really -- it really reflects looking west ward as well as east ward. >> and the...
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college students were galvanized by the vietnam war and inspired by the black power movement. in the daily nies people were agitated and there were a growing number of people who had the obviously political feelings. i understand it had a lot to do with civil rights and the pressure for equality and demands for social justice. i had not found a group of people they could talk to about political issues in global terms, yes. in national terms, yes not in ethnic specific terms. how does this affect filipino americas. >> they were organizing around california. in san francisco the third world liberation front was formed to challenge education. the front was spearhead by the black student union who lead a coalition of hispanic and native american and others they had 15 demands intending to change the focus and the power structure of san francisco state. these 15 demands had 3 themes. the right of third world students to an education. the formation of a school of ethnic studies. and the hiring of third world faculty. school administration gave little response. history professor john
college students were galvanized by the vietnam war and inspired by the black power movement. in the daily nies people were agitated and there were a growing number of people who had the obviously political feelings. i understand it had a lot to do with civil rights and the pressure for equality and demands for social justice. i had not found a group of people they could talk to about political issues in global terms, yes. in national terms, yes not in ethnic specific terms. how does this...
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today we are critical because of what he did in vietnam, and admired roosevelt for is in world war ii. they both fly. we have a first amendment, and we have a system of checks and balances that work for the media because we know this. we know we can't trust the people in power to tell us the truth about what they're doing. well, fox news masquerades as one of the watch dog institutions, but they operate as a political organization. the lie of the time. they make things up. they expanded their opponents. they work hand in glove with politicians and political organizations and make no apology for it or even pretend to do differently. all they do is call themselves a news organization. the rest of it is quite obvious. they sponsor tea party rallies. every single potential republican candidate with the exception of marriage bonnie who is not an office right now is on the payroll of fox news. media matters' added up what it would have cost him to by that time on air. it was something like $68 million of free air time, but it's not really free air time for them because they are working in t
today we are critical because of what he did in vietnam, and admired roosevelt for is in world war ii. they both fly. we have a first amendment, and we have a system of checks and balances that work for the media because we know this. we know we can't trust the people in power to tell us the truth about what they're doing. well, fox news masquerades as one of the watch dog institutions, but they operate as a political organization. the lie of the time. they make things up. they expanded their...
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i didn't realize all the things kennedy had said about our troops in vietnam, for example, in the 1960s. but the major revelation that i have on kennedy which i know a lot of you are familiar with is the may 1983 document that's in the central committee archives in the soviet union. and my understanding is that the archives have since been resealed. and so you can't go in now and get that document but that's okay. i've it got. and it's in the book so you can read it. [laughter] >> so i one up the russians. i'm all excited about that. but here is the actual document which is in the appendix in the book. it's five pages in russian. so if any of you read russian -- because, i've been told that the translation that's in the book is actually pretty kind to kennedy. it's kind of charitable. that if you actually read it in russian, it's worse. and then here it is -- it's in english also. and on the very back of the book, there's the very top -- back of the book the very top of page 1 translated in english and it's listed here. here's what that document says. does this not grab you right away,
i didn't realize all the things kennedy had said about our troops in vietnam, for example, in the 1960s. but the major revelation that i have on kennedy which i know a lot of you are familiar with is the may 1983 document that's in the central committee archives in the soviet union. and my understanding is that the archives have since been resealed. and so you can't go in now and get that document but that's okay. i've it got. and it's in the book so you can read it. [laughter] >> so i...
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that's one of the issues that we are specifically looking to engage vietnam on that, as well as with some of the countries, the challenges brought on by some of these indigenous innovation. >> thank you. thank you ken, ambassador kirk. you have spoken to many elements of the administrations agenda and i'm encouraged by your statements on the south korean agreement. i am disappointed that the administration has not been more forward leaning on plans for colombia and panama trade agreements. as members of this committee, including myself, as it was repeatedly said, american employers, workers, farmers, ranchers, are put at a disadvantage every day that we delay here in washington. so i continue to hope that the administration will let out a clear plan with specific areas of concern, a specific timetable for considering all three of these agreements in short order. and i strongly believe that we should consider all of the agreement, all three of them in the next six months and hope that we can work together to make that happen. again, thank you for your testimony today. up for now the c
that's one of the issues that we are specifically looking to engage vietnam on that, as well as with some of the countries, the challenges brought on by some of these indigenous innovation. >> thank you. thank you ken, ambassador kirk. you have spoken to many elements of the administrations agenda and i'm encouraged by your statements on the south korean agreement. i am disappointed that the administration has not been more forward leaning on plans for colombia and panama trade...
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in vietnam multis available in international hutto the noise which a person who to deliver the intercontinental had only westlake otoh shirts and family who turned hilton family oprah summer said grant totally sedona suite tunnelling. book royal sligo and hotel kerrville hotels sheraton saw a gold hotel in times hotels in the medieval available in the resort and spun the. middle east on grass spread some countries on the verge of civil war arab leaders that backs birds claiming foreign meddling fueling a mass protest many of these countries certainly in egypt. certainly in tunisia bring that might be getting them so seem to be just as bad or even worse trouble if they don't move on the stump powerful interests that may be driving them from outside of the middle east. latvian jews call for the return of properties seized during the holocaust accusing the contrary i've read labeling the war as liberation from the balsamic justify robbery and murder. and american students discover there's no earnings running out millions on top of the scratch with settle for both skilled workers or face looking fo
in vietnam multis available in international hutto the noise which a person who to deliver the intercontinental had only westlake otoh shirts and family who turned hilton family oprah summer said grant totally sedona suite tunnelling. book royal sligo and hotel kerrville hotels sheraton saw a gold hotel in times hotels in the medieval available in the resort and spun the. middle east on grass spread some countries on the verge of civil war arab leaders that backs birds claiming foreign meddling...
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immigrants integrate wonderfully in this country we have no problems with say russians of people from vietnam or from china or from india or from sri lanka or most of these people will. create absolutely no problem they are indeed an enrichment when there are other people who are not what is the problem i'm i'm a free speech advocates i don't have the solutions suit suit to have this problem created by our politicians i can only say one thing which is that the prerequisites for even being able to solve the problems is that we maintain free speech and protect free speech because without free speech there is not a chance in hell that we could ever solve any problems in the country and you claim that the media elites willfully ignore the ever increasing problem of immigration yet german chancellor angela merkel it was reported all over the world stated that multicultural policies in germany had failed yes and what to do about it then when she also came out and condemned to who published the book about the. but there's aleutian of of germany and he was then widely criticized and condemned as a ma
immigrants integrate wonderfully in this country we have no problems with say russians of people from vietnam or from china or from india or from sri lanka or most of these people will. create absolutely no problem they are indeed an enrichment when there are other people who are not what is the problem i'm i'm a free speech advocates i don't have the solutions suit suit to have this problem created by our politicians i can only say one thing which is that the prerequisites for even being able...
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stated notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds appropriated or here to for appropriated for vietnam or the ajoining countries. i took that back and wrote that modelle into the amendment as essentially a standard and the rationale is this, that first, the automatic funding. with e saw the legislative maneuvering that passed obamacare and that came up and we first passed the bill and then we found out what was in it. most of us on our side of the aisle campaigned to repeal, and de-fund obamacare. we have taken the first step, and now the next step is to de-fund. this would change the implementation of obamacare and two courts have ruled it inconstitutional in part or in full, and for u us not to do that, it is our burden to uphold the constitution of the united states, and there is a conundrum here, and gentleman, and gentlelady, i'm more sensitive to the burden of the rules committee than probably any time in my now starting the ninth year here. however, i would make the case that we do take the oath to uphold the constitution and not the rule. i followed the process that one would a
stated notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds appropriated or here to for appropriated for vietnam or the ajoining countries. i took that back and wrote that modelle into the amendment as essentially a standard and the rationale is this, that first, the automatic funding. with e saw the legislative maneuvering that passed obamacare and that came up and we first passed the bill and then we found out what was in it. most of us on our side of the aisle campaigned to repeal, and...
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rebuilt schools and dispensaries and gave food and money the government as a vietnam noticed what we were doing 500,500,000 people in one year. in a five month period, at 2,000 medical. . . they could not get what to impress what they were doing. we can save ourselves the mission introduced exit the resource of the region and securities of the political cecile aspects of the classification program could occur. we felt the mission was performed. the south vietnamese said so but also i want to tell you the north vietnamese said so. the classified top-secret documents of a family shouldn't surprise you. they were legal of the place to read everything we did, they knew, everything they did the south of the enemy's new. this is what the north vietnamese had to say about the period we are talking about to be the general offense uprising of 67, 69. they committed to a strategy and launched the strategy. the point i want you to know more than anything is it was very successful in the pacification. comment by general westmoreland of the army this is what he had to say in 1991. what sets it ap
rebuilt schools and dispensaries and gave food and money the government as a vietnam noticed what we were doing 500,500,000 people in one year. in a five month period, at 2,000 medical. . . they could not get what to impress what they were doing. we can save ourselves the mission introduced exit the resource of the region and securities of the political cecile aspects of the classification program could occur. we felt the mission was performed. the south vietnamese said so but also i want to...
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i am also a vietnam veteran and am up for suggestions. maybe tap into the veterans administration to get senior housing for us older veterans. also, unions, the school district. we have buildings that can be converted. if you tap into unions and other things like that, there are other ways, churches, to get senior housing developed. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> council community housing organization. we are made up of 20 faith and community-based non-profit corporations and advocates for affordable housing. i just want to complement the staff in its comprehensive report and acknowledge, along with your staff, the principal and primary role of affordable housing in addressing senior needs in san francisco. i want to report to you that things are not good on that front. the removal of tax increment financing at the state level -- which is a foregone conclusion -- the assault on cdbg homes, section 8 on the federal level, hazmat san francisco is going to have to ask some serious questions about continuing to provide the level of
i am also a vietnam veteran and am up for suggestions. maybe tap into the veterans administration to get senior housing for us older veterans. also, unions, the school district. we have buildings that can be converted. if you tap into unions and other things like that, there are other ways, churches, to get senior housing developed. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> council community housing organization. we are made up of 20 faith and community-based non-profit corporations...
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vietnam goes and then come cambodia goes and on on because we believed that communism would spread and the evil seeds of communism would work its way: and there was a basic faint foundation of truth in that the communists were set on expanding. whereas here you've got the expansion of democracy and all the west is frightened. we knew where we stood with vietnam but with egypt, my goodness, they're going to do what they want to do and not what we tell them to do. this is terrible news! i think algeria, actually, might be a little bit different. algeria is a very hard, tough, dangerous, savage country. not the people, they can be immensely kind but they can be brutal when they fight. i was there covering over and over again week after week year after year the algerian islamists, the civil war between the government and the islamists. i went to these massacres were babies were having their heads chopped off. i don't think people in algeria... it's not the same country. they've got mountain there is which is a complete different form of guerrilla warfare. everyone's got guns. they'll use w
vietnam goes and then come cambodia goes and on on because we believed that communism would spread and the evil seeds of communism would work its way: and there was a basic faint foundation of truth in that the communists were set on expanding. whereas here you've got the expansion of democracy and all the west is frightened. we knew where we stood with vietnam but with egypt, my goodness, they're going to do what they want to do and not what we tell them to do. this is terrible news! i think...
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i always kind of had a theory, one of the reasons we got into vietnam is because we could. we were prepared in those days to fight two-and-a-half force at the same time. and, you know, lbj never had to raise the reserves during the war. i guess what over half a million troops over there. then we went on and we put in a half million in the first iraq war, et cetera. so maybe we're not able to manage that now. we had a speaker here, james bradley who wrote the imperial cruise. and he made the point that theodore roosevelt had a low regard for china. later fdr had a high regard, five major powers are going to be after the war, but he had a high regard for japan, and even had a secret treaty with japan not approved by the senate, into negotiations and there was a secret treaty. do you know anything about that? >> i'm not sure exactly what secret for you are referring to. there were a couple of executive agreements that were called the gentlemen's agreement. i should just add here that in the united states there is no such thing as a secret treaty. it's not a treaty unless the s
i always kind of had a theory, one of the reasons we got into vietnam is because we could. we were prepared in those days to fight two-and-a-half force at the same time. and, you know, lbj never had to raise the reserves during the war. i guess what over half a million troops over there. then we went on and we put in a half million in the first iraq war, et cetera. so maybe we're not able to manage that now. we had a speaker here, james bradley who wrote the imperial cruise. and he made the...